# List of Minnesota Vikings seasons

The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team playing in the National Football League (NFL). The Vikings compete in the NFL as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The team was established in 1959, when three Minneapolis businessmen – Bill Boyer, H. P. Skoglund and Max Winter – were awarded a franchise in the new American Football League (AFL). In January 1960, the ownership group forfeited its AFL membership and, along with Bernie Ridder and Ole Haugsrud, was awarded the NFL's 14th franchise, with play to begin in 1961.
Since the franchise's inception, the Vikings have completed 64 seasons of play in the NFL. The team won one NFL Championship in 1969, and was the last team crowned NFL champions before the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. The franchise has been conference champions three times since the merger, but has never won the Super Bowl. The Vikings have been divisional champions 21 times, most among current members of their division. Minnesota has played 1039 regular and postseason games and has appeared in the postseason 32 times.
The team's worst season was 1962, when they won two games, lost eleven, and tied one (a 0.154 winning percentage). Their worst seasons since the NFL changed to a 16-game schedule were in 1984 and 2011, when they could only manage a 3–13 record. The best regular-season record was achieved in 1998, when the Vikings went 15–1, but kicker Gary Anderson, who had gone 35-for-35 in field goal attempts during the regular season, missed a 38-yard attempt with less than three minutes remaining in the NFC Championship Game. With an overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Vikings became the first 15–1 team in NFL history not to reach the Super Bowl.

## Key

| BBA | Bert Bell Award |
| COY | NFL Coach of the Year Award |
| CPY | NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award |
| DPY | NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award |
| GH | George Halas Trophy |
| MOY | Walter Payton Man of the Year Award |
| MVP | NFL Most Valuable Player Award |
| OPY | NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award |
| OROY | NFL Rookie of the Year Award |
| PBMVP | Pro Bowl Most Valuable Player Award |
| ROY | UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year |
| UPINFC | UPI NFC Player of the Year |

## Seasons

| NFL champions (1920–1969)$^†$ | Super Bowl champions (1966–present)$^‡$ | Conference champions (1967–present)° | Division champions (1967–present)* | Wild card berth (1970–present)$^§$ |
Franchise records according to Pro-Football Reference.com :
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason results | Awards | Head coach(es) |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Finish | Won | Lost | Tied | Postseason results | Awards | Head coach(es) |
| 1961 | NFL | Western | | 7th | 3 | 11 | 0 | | | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 1962 | NFL | Western | | 6th | 2 | 11 | 1 | | | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 1963 | NFL | Western | | T-4th | 5 | 8 | 1 | | Paul Flatley (ROY) | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 1964 | NFL | Western | | T-2nd | 8 | 5 | 1 | | Fran Tarkenton (PBMVP) | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 1965 | NFL | Western | | 5th | 7 | 7 | 0 | | | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 1966 | NFL | Western | | T-6th | 4 | 9 | 1 | | | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 1967 | NFL | Western | Central | 4th | 3 | 8 | 3 | | | Bud Grant |
| 1968 | NFL | Western | Central* | 1st* | 8 | 6 | 0 | Lost Conference Playoffs (at Colts) 14–24 | | Bud Grant |
| 1969 | NFL$^†$ | Western° | Central* | 1st* | 12 | 2 | 0 | Won Conference Playoffs (Rams) 23–20 Won NFL Championship (Browns) 27–7$^†$ Lost Super Bowl IV (vs. Chiefs) 7–23 | Bud Grant (COY) | Bud Grant |
| 1970 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 14–17 | | Bud Grant |
| 1971 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 12–20 | Carl Eller (GH) Alan Page (MVP, DPY, UPINFC) | Bud Grant |
| 1972 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 7 | 0 | | | Bud Grant |
| 1973 | NFL | NFC° | Central* | 1st* | 12 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 27–20 Won Conference Championship (at Cowboys) 27–10 Lost Super Bowl VIII (vs. Dolphins) 7–24 | Chuck Foreman (OROY) Alan Page (GH) | Bud Grant |
| 1974 | NFL | NFC° | Central* | 1st* | 10 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 30–14 Won Conference Championship (Rams) 14–10 Lost Super Bowl IX (vs. Steelers) 6–16 | | Bud Grant |
| 1975 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 14–17 | Fran Tarkenton (MVP, BBA, UPINFC, OPY) | Bud Grant |
| 1976 | NFL | NFC° | Central* | 1st* | 11 | 2 | 1 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 35–20 Won Conference Championship (Rams) 24–13 Lost Super Bowl XI (vs. Raiders) 14–32 | Chuck Foreman (UPINFC) Sammy White (ROY, OROY) | Bud Grant |
| 1977 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 9 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 14–7 Lost Conference Championship (at Cowboys) 6–23 | | Bud Grant |
| 1978 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 8 | 7 | 1 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 10–34 | Ahmad Rashad (PBMVP) | Bud Grant |
| 1979 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Bud Grant |
| 1980 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Eagles) 16–31 | | Bud Grant |
| 1981 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Bud Grant |
| 1982 | NFL | NFC | | 4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | Won First round (Falcons) 30–24 Lost Second round (at Redskins) 7–21 | | Bud Grant |
| 1983 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | | | Bud Grant |
| 1984 | NFL | NFC | Central | 5th | 3 | 13 | 0 | | | Les Steckel |
| 1985 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Bud Grant |
| 1986 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | | Tommy Kramer (CPY) | Jerry Burns |
| 1987 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd$^§$ | 8 | 7 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 44–10 Won Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 36–24 Lost Conference Championship (at Redskins) 10–17 | | Jerry Burns |
| 1988 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd$^§$ | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 28–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 9–34 | | Jerry Burns |
| 1989 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 13–41 | Keith Millard (DPY, UPINFC) | Jerry Burns |
| 1990 | NFL | NFC | Central | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | | | Jerry Burns |
| 1991 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | | | Jerry Burns |
| 1992 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Redskins) 7–24 | Chris Doleman (UPINFC) Dennis Green (COY) | Dennis Green |
| 1993 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd$^§$ | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 10–17 | | Dennis Green |
| 1994 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Bears) 18–35 | | Dennis Green |
| 1995 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | | | Dennis Green |
| 1996 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd$^§$ | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 15–40 | | Dennis Green |
| 1997 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th$^§$ | 9 | 7 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 23–22 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 22–38 | | Dennis Green |
| 1998 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 15 | 1 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 41–21 Lost Conference Championship (Falcons) 27–30 (OT) | Randall Cunningham (BBA) Dennis Green (COY) Randy Moss (OROY) | Dennis Green |
| 1999 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd$^§$ | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys) 27–10 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 37–49 | Cris Carter (MOY) Randy Moss (PBMVP) | Dennis Green |
| 2000 | NFL | NFC | Central* | 1st* | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 34–16 Lost Conference Championship (at Giants) 0–41 | | Dennis Green |
| 2001 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | | | Dennis Green (5–10) Mike Tice (0–1) |
| 2002 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 6 | 10 | 0 | | | Mike Tice |
| 2003 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | | | Mike Tice |
| 2004 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd$^§$ | 8 | 8 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 31–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Eagles) 14–27 | | Mike Tice |
| 2005 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | | | Mike Tice |
| 2006 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | | | Brad Childress |
| 2007 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 8 | 8 | 0 | | Adrian Peterson (OROY, PBMVP) | Brad Childress |
| 2008 | NFL | NFC | North* | 1st* | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) 14–26 | Adrian Peterson (BBA) | Brad Childress |
| 2009 | NFL | NFC | North* | 1st* | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 34–3 Lost Conference Championship (at Saints) 28–31 (OT) | Percy Harvin (OROY) | Brad Childress |
| 2010 | NFL | NFC | North | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | | Madieu Williams (MOY) | Brad Childress (3–7) Leslie Frazier (3–3) |
| 2011 | NFL | NFC | North | 4th | 3 | 13 | 0 | | | Leslie Frazier |
| 2012 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd$^§$ | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 10–24 | Kyle Rudolph (PBMVP) Adrian Peterson (BBA, MVP, OPY) | Leslie Frazier |
| 2013 | NFL | NFC | North | 4th | 5 | 10 | 1 | | | Leslie Frazier |
| 2014 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2015 | NFL | NFC | North* | 1st* | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) 9–10 | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2016 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2017 | NFL | NFC | North* | 1st* | 13 | 3 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 29–24 Lost Conference Championship (at Eagles) 7–38 | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2018 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 8 | 7 | 1 | | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2019 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd$^§$ | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 26–20 (OT) Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 10–27 | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2020 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2021 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 8 | 9 | 0 | | | Mike Zimmer |
| 2022 | NFL | NFC | North* | 1st* | 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 24–31 | Justin Jefferson (OPY) | Kevin O'Connell |
| 2023 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 7 | 10 | 0 | | | Kevin O'Connell |
| 2024 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd$^§$ | 14 | 3 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Rams) 9–27 | Kevin O'Connell (COY) | Kevin O'Connell |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 537 | 438 | 11 | Regular season record through 2024 | Regular season record through 2024 | Regular season record through 2024 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 32 | — | Playoff record through 2024 | Playoff record through 2024 | Playoff record through 2024 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 558 | 470 | 11 | Regular season and playoffs | Regular season and playoffs | Regular season and playoffs |

## Footnotes

* $^a$ The Vikings were defeated on a desperation touchdown pass thrown by Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach with less than a minute left in the game. Staubach coined the phrase "Hail Mary pass", referring to his toss, and the game itself became known as "The Hail Mary".
* $^b$ The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978.
* $^c$ The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 9 due to a players' strike. For playoff seedings, division standings were ignored and the league used a 16-team tournament format for the season.
* $^d$ The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 15 due to a players' strike.
* $^f$ The "finish", "wins", "losses", and "ties" columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.